System Safety Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Perform hazard analyses (PHA, FHA, SHA, SSHA, O&SHA, FMEA, FTA) per MIL-STD-882E, scaled to system maturity.
• Analyze autonomy and software-controlled behaviors, making sure software safety controls are captured, traced, and verified.
• Define safety requirements and flow them into system and subsystem requirements.
• Partner with internal teams to drive safety features to implementation.
• Maintain hazard tracking and the system safety case, with traceability from hazard to mitigation to verification evidence.
• Partner with test teams on safety test objectives and acceptance criteria, and take part in lab, vehicle, and field testing.
• Evaluate verification evidence and support readiness reviews, safety releases, and risk acceptance decisions.
• Prepare safety documentation for ATEC, government, and commercial reviewers, and communicate risk clearly to leadership and external stakeholders.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Hands-on system safety engineering experience on complex systems (autonomy, robotics, vehicles, aerospace, defense, or similar).
• Working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E or related standards such as JSSSEH, UL 4600, ISO 26262, and ISO 21448.
• Experience producing safety artifacts for external review (e.g., Safety Assessment Reports).
• Sound, independent engineering judgment on risk.
• Comfort in a fast-moving environment with real hardware and field testing.
• Experience supporting ATEC or other DoD test and certification authorities.
• Experience with autonomous vehicles, ADAS, or semi-autonomous systems.